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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $16 million for new observational research aimed at improving the accuracy of today’s climate and earth system models.

Apple debuted the first iPad in 2010, and I’ve tested nearly every sequel released since then: the iteratively evolved second-, third-, and fourth-generation models, smaller iPad minis, thinner iPad Airs, and bigger iPad Pros. Thanks to the $329 entry-level iPad and its current brethren, today’s iPad lineup is the best and most diverse in history — a major evolution over less than a decade.

Sunday, November 11, 1:00 PM​ @ The Screening Room at the Ambassador HotelHappy Hour (​ハッピーアワー​) | Free and Open to the Public. RSVP is required. Japan | 2016 | Japanese w/ English subtitles | Screened with one intermission Writer/Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Starring: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura A powerful affirmation of the immersive potential of cinema, Happy Hour is a slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty-something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe. As they navigate the unsteady currents of their work, home, and romantic lives, a sudden, unexpected rift opens between them that propels each to a new, richer understanding of life and love. Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s wise, precisely observed, compulsively watchable drama of friendship and midlife awakening runs over five hours. Yet the leisurely pace is not an indulgence, but a strategy to create a novelistic space for everyday moments to become charged with a possibility that yields a subtle emotional intensity rarely possible in a standard-length film. Happy Hour is far more than just an ordinary melodrama. It is a spectacularly complex and fiercely poetic rendering of the details of daily life in which ideas and feelings are swayed by the unseen forces of friendship and love, and buffeted by the weight of deception, loyalty and tradition.

• The lost Atlanteans. The Train. The bedsheet man. Dead Steve. The Stock Exchange of Souls. Trust us, it all makes sense.

INSIDE DISH: Far from Gilead, a quartet of Handmaids celebrated their Hulu drama’s latest recognition from The Television Academy. Samira Wiley left her statuette home to join fellow series nominee Amanda Brugel and additional co-stars at Audi’s annual Emmy bash. While they all hope cap the show’s 20 nods with a repeat best drama win, more significantly, the imprint of The Handmaid’s Tale has reached the nation’s capital. Women in Handmaid “wings” and red dresses have been silently petitioning this month outside the Hart Senate Building, as the elected officials inside proceed with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.

Despite the show’s prior wins in the category, executive producer Bernadette Caulfield insists that round three was a jolt. “It was so long ago that we were on the air – we had that gap – so we were afraid that people were going to forget about us, and we were up against such tough competition,” she said. “The Americans is a brilliantly written show, and [with The] Handmaid’s Tale, I just thought everybody’s loving that. So actually, we were shocked.”

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But… Hang on, you say, don’t blacksmiths make wrought iron? At which point the floodgates open if you are talking to a blacksmith, and you receive the Wrought Iron Lecture.

Love art? Use your PDA to reprogram your digital decor Embedded computers in your ceilings will create a visual display on your walls with static or moving images. Here’s your chance for a real “jungle room”. Rotate your favorite painting on your own digital canvas.

POET Biorefining – Hanlontown recently awarded a $3,000 grant to Lake Mills Community Preschool and Daycare to update its current tornado safe room. The grant was part of the plant’s inaugural Never Satisfied Community Grant program. For more information, visit poet.com/neversatisfied.

Mercy Medical Center-North announced Barbara McCaulley, vice president of mission integration, as the recipient of the 2018 Mercy Legend Award.

Since 2010, one of my least favorite features of every iPad has been the extent to which fingerprints quickly become visible on their displays, and this year’s model is no better in that regard than last year’s. The problem is compounded this time, as users of some early screen protectors have discovered that the latest iPads exhibit touch sensitivity issues when they’re covered with certain materials. There’s also a tiny microphone hole in the screen near the TrueDepth camera, so if you’re thinking of “protecting” the screen, be careful.